subgenus

American  

[suhb-jee-nuhs] / sʌbˈdʒi nəs /

noun

Anthropology, Biology.

plural

subgenera, subgenuses

1. a category of related species within a genus.

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subgenus British  

/ ˌsʌbdʒəˈnɛrɪk, sʌbˈdʒiːnəs, -ˌdʒɛn-, -ˈdʒɛn-, ˈsʌbˌdʒiːnəs /

noun

1. biology a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a genus but of higher rank than a species

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Other Word Forms

• subgeneric adjective

Etymology

Origin of subgenus

From New Latin, dating back to 1805–15; see origin at sub-, genus

Example Sentences

Where did the virus acquire the furin cleavage site, since no other viruses in the sarbecovirus subgenus, to which its closest relatives belong, have this feature?

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

Note.—In the Friesian arrangement of the genera of the order Agaricini, which is adopted by M. C. Cooke, Hypholoma finds place as a subgenus of the genus Agaricus, spore series Pratelli.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

For these reasons I am here referring Microtus longicaudus to the subgenus Chionomys; previously it has not been referred to that subgenus.

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney

In the species of the subgenus Neotamias the proximal part of the baculum is termed the shaft, and the distal upturned part is termed the tip.

From The Baculum in the Chipmunks of Western North America by White, John A.

The many nominal species of the subgenus Sylvilagus belong to no more than 12 and perhaps to only ten full species.

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)